1977 Benson & Hedges Cup

April 2022 Test and County Cricket Board Limited overs cricket(55 overs per innings) Gloucestershire 1 20 47 (48) 351 Roger Knight (Sussex) 15 Brian Brain (Gloucestershire) 1976 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup 1978 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Fixtures and results Group stage Group A TeamPldWLNRPtsBowSR Hampshire 4 3 1 0 9 35.485 Gloucestershire 4 3 1 0 9 45.667 Lancashire 4 2 2 0 6 38.824 Leicestershire 4 1 3 0 3 47.074 Somerset 4 1 3 0 3 51.304 Group B TeamPldWLNRPtsBowSR Glamorgan 4 3 1 0 9 32.286 Warwickshire 4 3 1 0 9 37.441 Derbyshire 4 2 1 1 7 38.393 Worcestershire 4 1 2 1 4 61.905 Minor Counties West 4 0 4 0 0 57.05 Group C TeamPldWLNRPtsBowSR Sussex 4 3 1 0 9 34.6 Kent 4 3 1 0 9 38.697 Surrey 4 2 2 0 6 35.484 Nottinghamshire 4 2 2 0 6 37.677 Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 4 0 0 64.444 Group D TeamPldWLNRPtsBowSR Middlesex 4 4 0 0 12 27.243 Northamptonshire 4 3 1 0 9 36.206 Yorkshire 4 2 2 0 6 40.935 Essex 4 1 3 0 3 53.944 Minor Counties East 4 0 4 0 0 52.5 Quarter-finals 8 June 1977 Glamorgan 209/8 (55 overs) 210/4 (42 overs) Hampshire Mike Llewellyn 54 Trevor Jesty 3/20 (11 overs) Trevor Jesty 105* Gwyn Richards 2/35 (4 overs) Hampshire won by 6 wickets (scorecard) St Helen's, Swansea John Langridge & Peter Rochford Trevor Jesty (Hampshire) 8 June 1977 Gloucestershire 194/7 (55 overs) 176 all out (52.1 overs) Middlesex Zaheer Abbas 64 Wayne Daniel 1/18 (11 overs) Mike Smith 41 Mike Procter 3/15 (9.1 overs) Gloucestershire won by 18 runs (scorecard) County Ground, Bristol Cec Pepper & Douglas Sang Hue David Shepherd (Gloucestershire) 8 June 1977 Sussex 264/5 (55 overs) 268/4 (52.1 overs) Kent Roger Knight 91 John Shepherd 2/60 (11 overs) Chris Cowdrey 114 Tony Greig 2/48 (11 overs) Kent won by 6 wickets (scorecard) St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Dickie Bird & Dusty Rhodes Chris Cowdrey (Kent) 8 June 1977 Northamptonshire 196 all out (54.3 overs) 179/9 (55 overs) Warwickshire David Steele 60 Bill Bourne 3/53 (11 overs) David Smith 36 Jim Griffiths 4/36 (11 overs) Northamptonshire won by 17 runs (scorecard) County Ground, Northampton Bill Alley & Barrie Meyer Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire) Semi-finals 22 June 1977 Gloucestershire 180 all out (54.2 overs) 173 all out (54.3 overs) Hampshire Sadiq Mohammad 76 Tom Mottram 3/21 (10 overs) Nigel Cowley 59 Mike Procter 6/13 (11 overs) Gloucestershire won by 7 runs (scorecard) County Ground, Southampton David Constant & Tom Spencer Mike Procter (Gloucestershire) 22 June 1977 Kent 211/6 (55 overs) 206/7 (55 overs) Northamptonshire Asif Iqbal 65* Alan Hodgson 3/58 (10 overs) David Steele 64 Bob Woolmer 3/29 (11 overs) Kent won by 5 runs (scorecard) County Ground, Northampton Lloyd Budd & John Langridge Bob Woolmer (Kent) Final 16 July 1977 Gloucestershire 237/6 (55 overs) 173 all out (47.3 overs) Kent Andy Stovold 71 Bernard Julien 2/51 (11 overs) John Shepherd 55 Brian Brain 3/9 (7.3 overs) Gloucestershire won by 64 runs (scorecard) Lord's, London Dickie Bird & Lloyd Budd Andy Stovold (Gloucestershire) See also Benson & Hedges Cup Category:Benson & Hedges Cup seasons Benson Category:Long stubs with short prose